You set a 25-minute focus timer and start working. Ten minutes in, you put something in the oven that needs 15 minutes. Now you need a second timer, but the app you are using only supports one. So you open a browser tab, find a web timer, type 15, press Start, and hope you remember which alarm is which when they both go off minutes apart.
Parallel timers are a surprisingly common need. Cooking multiple dishes, running a meeting while tracking a break, or timing separate tasks all demand more than one countdown at once.
Why most Mac timer tools only handle one
The macOS Clock app supports a single timer. Siri sets one timer at a time. Most third-party timer apps treat the timer as a single-instance widget: one countdown, one display. If you need a second, you open a second app — which means twice the windows, twice the distraction, and two separate notification styles.
Even apps that do allow multiple timers usually present them in a list inside a window, requiring you to open the app to check progress.
The fix: Tickpull
Tickpull supports multiple parallel timers natively. Each timer starts with the same drag gesture and each one shows its own live ring in the menu bar. You can set three, four, or more countdowns and watch them all fill independently without opening a single window.
Cooking with multiple burners
Rice at 12 minutes, sauce at 8, vegetables at 20. Three drags, three releases, three rings. Each timer alerts you independently when it finishes.
Work blocks with nested breaks
Start a 50-minute work session. Twenty minutes in, set a 5-minute timer to let a download finish. Both run side by side, and each notification arrives on time.
Meeting segments
Running a standup with three agenda items? Set a timer for each segment. The rings give you and your team a visual cue of how much time the current topic has left.
Multiple timers should not require multiple apps. Tickpull keeps everything in one row of menu bar rings.